foliation
Americannoun
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the act or process of putting forth leaves.
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the state of being in leaf.
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Botany.
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the arrangement of leaves within a bud.
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the arrangement of leaves on a plant.
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leaves or foliage.
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Printing. the consecutive numbering of the folios or leaves, as distinguished from pages, of a manuscript or book.
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the total number of such leaves.
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Petrology. a form of lamination produced in rocks by metamorphism.
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ornamentation with foliage, or an arrangement of foliage.
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Architecture.
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ornamentation with foils.
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ornamentation with representations of foliage.
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formation into thin sheets.
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the application of foil to glass to make a mirror.
noun
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botany
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the process of producing leaves
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the state of being in leaf
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the arrangement of leaves in a leaf bud; vernation
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architect
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ornamentation consisting of foliage
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ornamentation consisting of cusps and foils
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any decoration with foliage
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the consecutive numbering of the leaves of a book
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geology the arrangement of the constituents of a rock in leaflike layers, as in schists
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of foliation
Vocabulary lists containing foliation
Physical Geography - Middle School
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Example Sentences
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The rock has split from bedrock along this foliation plane, and you can see that other weaknesses are present in the same orientation.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2015
The rock failed along weakened foliation planes of the metamorphic rock on Johnson Peak, in an area that had been eroded into a steep slope by glacial ice.
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The mineral crystals don’t have to be large to produce foliation.
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If the country rock has no bedding or foliation, then any tabular body within it is a dyke.
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It's not winter hardiness, it's this early foliation.
From Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 44th Annual Meeting Rochester, N.Y. August 31 and September 1, 1953 by Northern Nut Growers Association
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